Perry Hall Legion Post saves lives through veteran suicide prevention program

PERRY HALL — In Baltimore County, a group of veterans at American Legion Post 130 is answering the call to save lives in their community.

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Every day in the United States, 22 veterans die by suicide.

That statistic inspired the American Legion to launch Be the One, a national suicide prevention campaign focused on empowering veterans and their allies to intervene before tragedy strikes.

For Michael Watts, State Commander of the Sons of the American Legion (SAL), the mission is deeply personal.

“Over the last 10 years, we’ve lost almost 80,000 veterans to suicide,” he said. “We lost fewer during the entire Vietnam War.”

Watts